Improvement in eaves-troughs



NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EOEEET TYEUEsT, OE DRESDEN, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN EAVES-TROUGHS.

Specilicaticn forming part of Letters Patett No. 165,388, dated July 6, 1875; application filed June 12, 1875.

To all whom t muy concern 4 Be it known that I, ROBERT TYHURsLof Dresden, in the county of Muskingum and State of Ohio, have invented a new and linproved Burnt-Clay. Eaves-Trough; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,

olea-r, and eXact description of the sa1ne,ref

erence being had to the accompanying'drawing, forming a part of this specification, in Which- Figure l is a plan view, and Fig. 2 a cross sectional elevation.

The invention relates to eaves-troughs for buildings, and consists in an improvement thereof, as hereinafter first described, and then pointed out in the claim.

A A represent two sections of an caves trough made of burnt clay, and B the coupling by which they are united and held together. Each section of the trough is provided with dove'tailed grooves (t a. on the outsides, in which are received the correspondingly-shaped tongues b of the coupling C. a is a groove in the ends of side and lbottom of each section, so that when the section-edges contact Within the coupling U, they may be connected together lirmly by white lead, cement, or some other cohesive poured in said grooves, or the hole formed thereby while in a liquid state, and afterward becoming indurated. This forms a non-corrosive. weatherrepcllent, durable, and economical trough.

Having thus described my invention, u hat I claim as new is-' An earthen eaves-trough, made of sections having grooves a a', and coupling (l having tongues b, as shown and described.

ROBERT TYHURSI.

Vitnesses:

SOLON C. KEMON, GHAs. A. PETTIT. 

